精神世界的地理图谱——司汤达小说中的高与低

Height and Depth in Stendhal's Novels

高与低、上升与坠落是司汤达作品中常见的意象,地理位置不仅承载着小说情节的跌宕起伏、人物现实境遇的骤然变化,更呼应着精神境界与倾向:重大的事件,精神世界的震撼、领悟与转变,往往发生在高处或幽深之处。山顶、高塔、监狱、教堂、山洞、树木或群山环绕之地,都在以诗意的形式暗示不可言说、不可见之物。本文在浪漫主义的背景中,从精神分析、原型批评、现象学研究等角度分析司汤达作品中各种地理位置的深意,解读它们在主人公的精神冒险中起到的象征作用。

This paper focuses on a few themes in Stendhal's novels:height and depth,which not only correspond with the plot's ups and downs,but also incarnate the characters'spiritual experiences.By analyzing the geographical images such as peaks,towers,prisons,cathedrals,caves and so on,the paper attempts to explore their philosophical and aesthetic dimension in Stendhal's writing.It tries to show how a distinctive and poetic sensibility represents at the same time Stendhal's philosophy of life and his literary choices.